Days after a suspected polio case was detected in India, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said no child in the South-East Asia region has been afflicted by wild polio virus since 2011.
Implementing a monumental change in vaccination that is expected to bring the world closer to eradicating all types of polio, all 11 countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region have 'switched' from using the traditionally used trivalent oral polio vaccine (tOPV) to bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) that protects against the remaining wild poliovirus strains.
Ministry of Health and Family and Welfare will be celebrating a Health Week starting from today, to mark the World Health Day falling on 7th April 2016.
Gavi, a global vaccine alliance, has announced a partnership with the government's immunisation programme.
Indivac-the professional at-home vaccination service has already been launched in Kolkata and will soon be launched in Hyderabad and other cities.
2nd phase of Mission Indradhanush launched. Health Ministry aims at immunising 90% children by 2020
JP Nadda asks states to support 'Mission Indradhanush' in its second phase
Armed with a good number of immunisation kits, the expert team hopes to get the situation under control.
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21,639 children vaccinated in the second round of Mission Indra Dhanush in Ghaziabad
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Indivac-the professional at-home vaccination service has already been launched in Kolkata and will soon be launched in Hyderabad and other cities.
2nd phase of Mission Indradhanush launched. Health Ministry aims at immunising 90% children by 2020
JP Nadda asks states to support 'Mission Indradhanush' in its second phase
Armed with a good number of immunisation kits, the expert team hopes to get the situation under control.
JP Nadda's immunisation prediction needs a reality check
JP Nadda: Private sector & govt. should work hand-in-hand to improve healthcare in India
21,639 children vaccinated in the second round of Mission Indra Dhanush in Ghaziabad
Gavi to provide financial support for vaccination in India only till 2020
You remember your child's vaccination schedule. But are you aware of these important things?
Certain vaccinations are termed optional in your baby's vaccination chart, but are they really optional?
World Immunisation Week: 10 important facts you should know
World Immunisation Week: 1 in 5 children worldwide miss out on basic vaccines
184 districts to benefit from child immunisation programme
Karnataka to introduce pentavalent vaccine
'Controversial pentavalent vaccine safe' say experts
